IRELAND, C.J.
We granted the probationer's application for direct appellate review to consider whether his pending appeal from the revocation of his probation was rendered moot when he subsequently pleaded guilty to the crime on which that revocation was based. Because we conclude that the probationer's claim of error, the reliability of the hearsay evidence used against him, pertains to the judge's factual finding that he violated his probation, the appeal is moot...
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